Steal, swindle and smooth-talk for a righteous cause in the new ‘90s cross-country comedy crime adventure from Mighty Yell and Skybound Games

LOS ANGELES — Aug. 31, 2021 — Alright, so, my uncle who works at indie developer Mighty Yell and Skybound Games told me that The Big Con, the ‘90s cross-country adventure game where you can do crimes and stuff, is out T O D A Y on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store for $14.99 / €12.49 / £10.99.

You can totally jump into this comical trip of a game, like, right now, and live out a life of petty theft, sneaking around, and other silly mischief. I mean, would you normally run away from home to pick pockets, steal from a child, bribe a cop, and commit some “light” bank fraud just to save your family’s video store? You sure can try now, get out scot-free and save some precious VHS tapes in the process!

Inspired by classic ‘90s culture, The Big Con is all about Ali, a teenage con artist trying to save her mom’s video store from unscrupulous loan sharks any way she can. In this colorful adventure with punchy puzzles and dialogue, how you make that money is up to you: travel across the country picking pockets and locks, persuading marks, sneaking around in disguises, and even profiting off the latest plushie fad.

The Big Con Features:

• An irreverent comic adventure game with open-ended situations, puzzles, and exploration.
• Crime is cool now — sneak, pickpocket, wear disguises, and grift and con anyone you can!
• Mouth off! Talk your way into deals and out of trouble across the country.
• Meet a cast of weird ‘90s characters and rip ‘em off (or don’t, if that’s your deal).
• T R I P L E A voice-over featuring the talents of Erika Ishii (Apex Legends, Destiny 2), Dave Fennoy (The Walking Dead), and Melissa Hutchison (The Walking Dead) as Ali, Rad Ghost, and Linda!
• Feast your ears on The Big Con’s original theme song, performed by Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? house band Rockapella!
• Call home and argue with your mom!

And guess what? Members of the Mighty Yell Discord server can prank call a well-trained Discord bot to gain special access to a bonus quest in The Big Con! Check out Mighty Yell’s Discord for more intel, okay?

About Mighty Yell Studios

The Big Con is the debut game from Mighty Yell, a fully remote team of developers whose individual credits include Jazzpunk, Guacamelee! 2 and Runbow. Mighty Yell is a smart bunch of fun folks from across the Toronto game dev community who like to laugh and play together and support each other in creative endeavours. The studio’s name came from a playlist of punk tunes founder Dave Proctor listens to on repeat, and the team brings that same uplifting energy to everything it does. You can find Mighty Yell on the studio’s website, as well as Facebook, Twitter, and Discord.

About Skybound Games

Skybound Games is a division of Skybound Entertainment with the capabilities to produce, develop, and license video games. The team works closely with creators to expand their unique and exceptional IP to new platforms. The Skybound Games slate houses everything from indie projects to high-budget franchise titles, with recent games including Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Before Your Eyes and The Big Con. The studio can be found on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and www.skybound.com.

Nifty Games’ Series B Round Brings Available Capital Raised-to-Date to $53M

Lafayette, CA – August 31, 2021 – Nifty Games Inc., a videogame developer and publisher focused on quick-session, head-to-head sports games for mobile, has raised $26M in a Series B round of equity funding led by Vulcan Capital. In addition, the company has secured $12M in connected debt financing.

Attracting investors globally, Nifty Games has raised over $50M since the company was founded in 2018 by gaming industry veterans Jon Middleton and Pete Wanat.

The Company’s Series B round is led by current backers Vulcan Capital, and supported by ongoing investors March Gaming, Defy Partners and Courtside Ventures, as well as a strategic group of new investors, including Korea-based funds Woori Capital, K-NET and Yes24. Other new investors include Steve Pagliuca, managing owner of the Boston Celtics, Speedwagon Capital, Brighton Jones, and Gaingels, a global network of LGBT/Ally investors. With this additional funding, Nifty Games is now one of the industry’s most well-funded mobile gaming startups.

Nifty Games is focused on delivering quick-session competitive mobile games with licenses from the National Football League (NFL), National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), National Basketball Association (NBA), and National Basketball Player Association (NBPA). Nifty Games aims to build out a slate of titles with the world’s largest sports licenses to deliver gameplay tailored for mobile first. The company’s premier game NFL Clash, already available in select markets worldwide, launches in the United States this year. The latest round of funding will be used to further grow the Company’s sports games line-up as well as investing in top-tier development staff to deliver state-of-the-art gameplay for global sports fans. 

Jon Middleton, CEO of Nifty Games, said “With Nifty Games Series B, we’ve been fortunate to add further investments from partners that are true supporters with each believing in our team and the larger opportunity ahead. We’ve purpose-built Nifty Games to deliver a new slate of sports games for mobile gamers worldwide. We’re proud of the team we’ve assembled, our incredible partnerships with the NFL, NFLPA, NBA, and the NBPA, as well as our family of financial backers committed to seeing Nifty Games win big. We’re excited to grow Nifty Games as NFL Clash and NBA Clash lead the way!”

“We see an incredible commercial opportunity in bringing premium sports games to casual mobile game fans, in which they get to build a roster with favorite pro players and call the shots as their team competes all season long,” said YB Choi, Partner at Vulcan Capital. “Given our early involvement with Nifty Games, we’re excited to step up our support as they head towards making their first games, NFL Clash and NBA Clash, available to sports fans worldwide.”

Stephen Pagliuca, Co-Owner of the Boston Celtics and Co-Chair of Bain Capital, said “Nifty Games sits at the exciting intersection of sports fandoms, mobile gaming, and IP-driven business models. I’ve been impressed with the team’s vision and execution to date, and believe their approach will redefine the mobile sports game sector. And as a fan myself, can’t wait to play their games and see them top the charts!”

About Nifty Games
Nifty Games is a mobile-first developer and publisher of quick-session, head-to-head sports games. To date, the company has raised funding from leading sports, video game, and technology focused investors. The company is based in California. Learn more at www.niftygamesinc.com. Follow us on Twitter at @NiftyGames.

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Brand-new trailer reveals the return of a beloved character and teases release window in December 2021

Hamburg/Munich, Germany, August 31st, 2021 – Publisher Daedalic Entertainment and developer Mimimi Games revealed a first gameplay trailer for Aiko’s Choice, the long-awaited standalone expansion for the acclaimed real-time tactics game Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. Aiko’s Choice will be released in December 2021, and once again send players to Edo Japan, where they join the kunoichi adept Aiko and her companions in her quest to quiet the ghosts of her past.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun – Aiko´s Choice focuses on one of the main game’s protagonists: the kunoichi adept Aiko. She is a master of camouflage and distracts enemies disguised as a geisha. While Aiko was certain that she left her old life behind, her former sensei, the cunning spymaster Lady Chiyo, reappears from the shadows to challenge her. Together with her friends, a group of deadly assassins, she sets out to hunt down the ghosts of her past.

The expansion features three full-fledged main missions, set in brand-new environments, and three shorter interlude missions.

Like in the main game, you take control of a team of lethal specialists, move in the shadows and sneak past dozens of enemies. Choose your approach wisely when infiltrating hidden forest camps or lively Edo-period towns. Set traps, poison and distract your opponents – or avoid enemy contact altogether. Carefully plan your every move and come up with your own ingenious tactics to vanquish enemies and complete each of the challenging missions to uncover Aiko´s past.

Features:

• Return to the beautiful world of Shadow Tactics set in Japan in the early Edo period.
• Rejoin your favorite characters for one final adventure set within the story of the main game Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun.
• Experience a previously untold tale centered around the kunoichi adept Aiko, who has to face a vicious enemy connected to her past.
• Explore three full-fledged main missions, located in brand-new environments, and three shorter interlude missions.

The expansion includes all the features of the main game:

• Play a team of completely different characters with their own unique skill sets.
• Synchronize your team’s actions to strike down your enemies at once with the “Shadow Mode” feature.
• Choose between non-lethal or deadly stealth attacks.
• Find dozens of ways to take out or sneak past your opponents the way you want.
• Choose from three difficulty levels to match your skill.

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun – Aiko’s Choice is set to release on PC in December 2021. Please visit the official Steam page for more information. A copy of the main game is not required to play this standalone expansion but it is recommended to experience the first missions of the main game before diving into Aiko´s Choice.

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About Daedalic Entertainment (Publisher)

Daedalic Entertainment publishes and develops high-quality games for all platforms. The company has a diverse line-up of high-quality titles, including classic adventures, RPGs, and strategy and multiplayer games. With over 50 employees, Daedalic is currently developing a new line-up of innovative games across consoles, PC, and mobile platforms

Based in Hamburg, Germany, Daedalic is one of Europe’s most acclaimed publishers and developers. With a total of 32 awards in the German Developers Award (including multiple accolades for ‘Studio of the Year’) and 12 German Computer Game Awards for genre-defining games such as Deponia, Edna & Harvey, Silence, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, The Long Journey Home, and State of Mind, Daedalic is a record holder for the two most prestigious game awards in Germany. Recent publishing hits include Barotrauma, Unrailed!, Iratus: Lord of the Dead, Partisans 1941 and more.

Daedalic is currently developing the AAA title The Lord of the Rings – Gollum. The action-adventure tells the story of Gollum from a perspective never witnessed before in any storytelling media, all the while staying faithful to the legendary books of J.R.R. Tolkien.

About Mimimi Games (Developer)

Mimimi Games was founded by Dominik Abé and Johannes Roth in 2008. The independent, award-winning development studio consists of about 30 employees and is based in Munich, Germany. As a core game studio Mimimi develops for PC as well as consoles – and revived the real-time tactics genre with Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun in 2016. In June 2020 the team released Desperados III, the long-awaited prequel to the beloved classic Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, to critical acclaim. Currently, Mimimi Games is working on their first self-published and third real-time tactics game: Codename Süßkartoffel. 

Sydney, Australia, August 31^st,  2021: THQ Nordic and Aspyr Media, in a joint effort, are bringing Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse to retail.

The physical edition will be playable on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch releasing on October 26, 2021.

About Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

Be the Zombie. Kick Ass and Take Brains.

It’s 1959 and the city of Punchbowl, PA, is a beacon of progress and ideal living. As Stubbs the Zombie, you’ll show the living that law and order are no match for a dead man on a mission. Your boyfriend’s back, Maggie, and Punchbowl is gonna be in trouble!

Features

• Eat Brains: Chomp on the living and replenish your bodily arsenal of zombie sputum, gut grenades, and the stunning unholy flatulence
• Build Your Zombie Horde: Convert your enemies into undead allies and lead a zombie assault on the living
• Possess Punchbowl’s Population: Clamp your severed hand to a barbershop quartet singer’s head and raygun away
• Bring Civilisation to its Knees: Show the retro-futuristic city of Punchbowl, PA that they can’t escape the past
• Stubbs and Chill: Invite a friend to play as Grubbs for classic couch cooperative hijinks. (Friend not included)

Notes for Editors:

About Aspyr Media

Aspyr is a leading video game publishing and development partner focused on maximizing the potential of games across all platforms and for all players. Today, the company supports a growing network of partners that includes many of the industry’s leading entertainment IP holders, publishers, developers, and technology providers. Aspyr is based in Austin, TX. Official Website: https://www.aspyr.com/

About THQ Nordic

The THQ Nordic official boiler plate can be found here: https://thqnordic.com/company/about

Players from across the world can now compete in weekly Rainbow Six Siege tournaments on PlayStation^®4 consoles

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA  – August 31, 2021 – Today, Ubisoft announced that Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six^® Siege will be joining the PlayStation Tournaments Open Series starting September 1. The PlayStation Tournaments Open Series has brought players together from across the globe to compete in and enjoy their favourite competitive games, while elevating their competitive play. Through this partnership, Ubisoft continues its efforts to develop Rainbow Six Siege’s grassroots competitions, open to all with weekly and monthly tournaments hosted on the PlayStation 4 console.

PlayStation 4 players from across the world will now have the opportunity to engage in competitive Rainbow Six Siege by taking part in weekly online qualifiers:

• Thursdays: Asia-Pacific, Latin and South America qualifiers
• Fridays: Eastern Europe and North America qualifiers
• Saturdays: Western Europe, North America and Middle East qualifiers

Players can register at compete.playstation.com and compete for titles and special rewards such as themes, avatars, virtual currency and cash prizes. The top teams from each weekly qualifiers will compete in monthly finals for a chance to earn additional rewards.

More information on the PlayStation Tournaments Open Series, including competition details and ruleset, is available here.

To learn more about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, please visit www.rainbow6.com and follow us at twitter.com/Rainbow6Game.

For all things Rainbow Six Esports, please visit www.rainbow6.com/esports and follow us at twitter.com/R6esports and Instagram.com/R6esports.

About Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Alongside a thriving professional esports scene and a community of over 70 million registered players, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege puts players in the middle of a fast-paced, ever-evolving multiplayer experience grounded in the selection of unique Operators. Using the right mix of tactics and destruction, Rainbow Six teams engage their enemies in sieges, where both sides have exclusive skills and gadgets at their disposal. Defenders prepare by transforming the environments around them into modern strongholds, while attackers use recon drones to gain intel for carefully planning their assault. With access to dozens of Operators inspired by real world counter-intelligence agents from around the globe, players can choose exactly how they want to approach each challenge they encounter. Through the constant addition of new Operators and maps that add to the depth of both strategy and combat, the unpredictability of each round of Rainbow Six Siege sets a new bar for intensity and competition in gaming.

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, For Honor, Just Dance, Watch Dogs, and Tom Clancy’s video game series including Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six and The Division. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2020-21 fiscal year, Ubisoft generated net bookings of €2,241 million. To learn more, please visit: http://www.ubisoftgroup.com.

“PlayStation” is a registered trademark or trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

© 2021 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Tom Clancy’s, Rainbow Six, The Soldier Icon, Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are registered or unregistered trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Studio GoldKnights reveals brand new “The Last Oricru” Gamescom trailer

Sydney, Australia 31^th August – Prime Matter and GoldKnights are excited to reveal a new glimpse of gameplay of their upcoming debut title, the action RPG “The Last Oricru”. The Last Oricru releases digitally in 2022 on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, and drags players into a bloody civil war of supremacy on Wardenia. The single player and co-op experience combines meaningful story choices with a demanding skill-based combat system that will challenge players both 1-on-1 and in mass battles against multiple enemies.

It’s dangerous to go alone – The Last Oricru offers a co-op system that can be accessed after the tutorial for the entirety of the game. A hop-in/hop-out system allows a second player to jump in to the action at any time and drop out again just as easily. A level match makes sure this offers a smooth experience. The co-op system offers another integral layer to the game and allows for special chain reactions with your co-op partner, new paths & puzzles that can be tackled and even special boss traps that couldn’t be activated alone.

To celebrate the occasion Prime Matter and GoldKnights have launched the The Last Oricru’s Steam page and we would like to invite players to check it out and wishlist the game:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663640/The_Last_Oricru/

This new “The Last Oricru” Gamescom trailer gives another taste of what awaits us in 2022!

You can watch the trailer here:

About The Last Oricru

The Last Oricru is an action RPG with a strong emphasis on dynamic storytelling and player choices. Wake up in the living and breathing Sci-Fi/Medieval world of Wardenia, players find themselves in the middle of a massive civil war over supremacy on the planet. Tough combat, massive fights and a dark conspiracy overshadow the once peaceful area. Choose your own path, side with the different factions or betray them, influence the outcome of the war as your choice matters! The Last Oricru is designed as both a single-player and a co-op experience.

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About GoldKnights

GoldKnights was founded in 2015 by Creative Director Pavel J. Strnad with a vision to build an epic gaming saga, joined later by Executive Producer Vladimir Gersl (Activision, Sony) to help utilize the potential of the studio to the fullest. A nearly 40 heads strong team, combines experienced professionals (PUBG, Keen Software House, NapNok Games, Ubisoft) with go-getting juniors, creating a unique mix of know-how and passion. Together they are working on their first title, action RPG The Last Oricru.

About Prime Matter

Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Prime Matter the premium gaming label dedicated to delivering a range of diverse and immersive games from amazing gaming development talent all around the globe.

Working across projects of all styles, scopes and sizes, single-player, co-op to live ops, from producing to publishing, from ambitious teams taking their first step that need full support without compromising their dream to larger established successful studios searching that next step in the global market and building of brands.

Prime Matter looks to lead through creativity, expression and passion, with games that will grip and enchant with enthralling story-telling, winning an audience with its incredible moments and larger-than-life experiences. Prime Matter is a proud member of the Koch Media Group.

About Koch Media 

The Koch Media Group is a global developer, publisher and distributor of video games, VR games, gaming hardware and merchandise.  

The group’s publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, America, Australia and Asia. Koch Media has more than 25 years of experience in the digital media business and has risen to become a leading global publishing partner. The Koch Media Group runs a multi-label strategy with fully owned publishing units such as Prime Matter, Deep Silver, Milestone, Vertigo Games and Ravenscourt, publishing games for consoles, PC and VR platforms across all physical and digital channels. 

Additionally, as global publishing partner Koch Media has formed long-term multi-national publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, CI Games, Giants Software, Kalypso, Koei Tecmo, Konami, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, Tripwire, Warner Bros, and many others.

With its parent company in Höfen, Austria, and the Publishing HQ in Munich, Germany, Koch Media owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, the United States as well as Japan and Hong Kong. 

The Koch Media Group owns ten game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL / USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham / UK), Deep Silver Fishlabs (Hamburg / Germany), Warhorse Studios (Prague / Czech Republic), Milestone (Milan / Italy), Voxler (Paris / France) , Flying Wild Hog (Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów  / Poland), Free Radical Design (Nottingham / UK) and Vertigo Games (Rotterdam /The Netherlands), DigixArt (Montpellier, France).Additionally, the Koch Media Group collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.

Part of the Koch Media Group is also Koch Films, a leading European independent film distributor with business primarily in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy as a cinema, TV, online and Home Entertainment distributor. The Koch Media Group also owns Gaya Entertainment, a leading video game merchandise company in Munich, Germany, and the Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, Czech Republic.  

Koch Media is an Embracer Group company. 

Gameplay trailer showcases world of Revion Prime

Sydney, Australia 31^th August, 2021 – During Gamescom, Prime Matter and Massive Work Studio published a new Story and Gameplay trailer for Dolmen, a third-person action RPG taking place in a unique cosmic horror sci-fi universe. The game is slated for release in 2022 on PlayStation® 4, PlayStation® 5, Xbox One, X Box Series X | S  and PC.

In case you missed you can re-watch both trailers here:

Story Trailer:

Gameplay Trailer:

And for an extensive gameplay look, tune in to re-watch the livestream from Lobos Jr.:

https://www.youtube.com/user/LobosjrGaming
https://www.twitch.tv/lobosjr
https://www.youtube.com/c/primematter

About Dolmen

Dolmen takes place in a sci-fi universe where humanity has colonized several star systems using space travel technology and genetic manipulation to adapt to the conditions.

The Revion system is far from the main inhabited area of the galaxy, but drew the attention of Zoan Corp. for emitting radiation that’s different from other systems, suggesting the existence of other universes. There is only one planet in this system, named Revion Prime.

Before the events taking place, there was no evidence of the existence of other dimensions. The scientific and military interest behind this discovery could destabilize the existing political balance but, more than that, research on Revion Prime also revealed the existence of an alien species called Vahani; whose apparent job it is to roam the universes helping other species to evolve. Their interests are obscure and it remains to be seen if the creation of xeno-species could have been influenced by them. The player needs to discover the secrets of Revion Prime and the Dolmen crystals.

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About Massive Work Studio

Massive Work Studio is a game development company whose goal is to deliver significant game experiences through the creation of amazing universes.

Based in Brazil, it’s HQ is located in Natal with also a highly skilled number of professionals spread across the country and the world.

Massive Work was founded late 2016, initially by a group of friends, now has more than 20 professionals in different fields of the game industry, all of them sharing the passion for the first game IP from Massive Work Studio, Dolmen.

About Prime Matter

Headquartered in Munich, Germany, Prime Matter the premium gaming label dedicated to delivering a range of diverse and immersive games from amazing gaming development talent all around the globe.

Working across projects of all styles, scopes and sizes, single-player, co-op to live ops, from producing to publishing, from ambitious teams taking their first step that need full support without compromising their dream to larger established successful studios searching that next step in the global market and building of brands.

Prime Matter looks to lead through creativity, expression and passion, with games that will grip and enchant with enthralling story-telling, winning an audience with its incredible moments and larger-than-life experiences. Prime Matter is a proud member of the Koch Media Group.

Landing on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, More

EARTH – Aug. 27, 2021 – Airborne Kingdom, the flying city builder from developer The Wandering Band and publisher Freedom Games, explores new aerial adventures on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021.

A great kingdom in the sky once existed. It brought peace and harmony to the lands below. However, one day, that kingdom vanished. Without its guidance, civilization devolved and fractured. Now, a new community is taking to the skies and looking to restore the balance. 

Take off into the rarefied air and travel throughout vast open landscapes to reunite the world. Gather and manage resources to expand. Dispatch workers. Construct academies. Research technology to better homes, water systems, and food silos to improve the lives of the citizenry. Then forge alliances by sharing supplies and knowledge with neighboring kingdoms.

The console versions of Airborne Kingdom include everything found in the BAFTA-nominated PC release, including the recently-released New Game Plus Update. This mode features a sprawling new world to explore with increased challenge and fresh twists like new town centers to give city builders a leg up on this more trying journey. The experience also introduces more variety with increased randomized elements ranging from questlines to kingdom placement.

“Our team is all about adventure and sparking creativity,” said Ben Wander, lead designer, The Wandering Band. “Airborne Kingdom is full of peace and possibility and we look forward to sharing what we’ve created with the Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox communities when the game comes in for a landing on consoles this November.”

Airborne Kingdom launches for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on Nov. 9, 2021. It is out now on PC exclusively via the Epic Games Store.

For more information on Airborne Kingdom, pleasecheck out the official website and join the community on Facebook, Twitter, and Discord. 

About The Wandering Band

The Wandering Band is a small umbrella for creating interesting games while wandering the world and expanding horizons. With decades in AAA game development working on franchises including Dragon Age and Battlefield, The Wandering Band team aims to create new experiences, challenge genre boundaries, and explore new topics through game mechanics.

To learn more, please visit The Wandering Band’s official website.

About Freedom Games

Freedom Games is a publisher dedicated to offering best-in-class services to partners and providing players around the world with unique and memorable experiences. With over 50 years of combined industry experience at the executive level, Freedom Games seeks to leverage its expertise to facilitate great games and even better publishing experiences.

For more information, check out the official Freedom! Games website.

Grow: Song of the Evertree Sprouts Onto PC and Consoles November 16, 2021

New “What is Grow” Trailer Shows First Gameplay; Sign Up to Enter the Closed Beta Today

CALABASAS, Calif. – August 30, 2021 – Grow: Song of the Evertree, the breathtaking world-crafting sandbox developed by Brisbane-based Prideful Sloth and published by 505 Games, blossoms into a world-class adventure with life management and exploration elements onto PC, PlayStation® 4, Xbox One™, and Nintendo Switch™ on November 16, 2021.

Long ago, the Evertree held the countless Worlds of Alaria on its branches, the infinite possibilities of natural beauty stretching across its boughs. Yet now those worlds have faded, and the Evertree has been reduced to a mere sapling by the mysterious Withering. One hope remains: the last remaining Everheart Alchemist, an ancient lineage granted the task and privilege of caring for the Evertree.

Springing forth from the recent cozy gaming movement, Grow offers a journey of creation, nurture, and community, all at a relaxing pace. Take a first look at what this entails in this new “What is Grow?” video debuted during Gamescom courtesy of IGN. Learn the intricacies of Alchemy and generate unique new worlds, from meadows and forests to deserts and frozen tundras, each with their own fantastical flora and fauna.

Spelunk in caves, solve puzzles, go fishing, catch bugs, and foster communities, listening to people and helping them with their everyday lives. Choose from a large catalog of structures and build towns rendered in Grow’s brilliant colors and adorable art style. Cozy up and succumb to the relaxing aesthetic and a complementary score courtesy of BAFTA award nominee and Crunchyroll Award winner Kevin Penkin (Florence, Tower of God, Star Wars: Visions).

Eager to become an Everheart Alchemist early? Sign up today for limited closed beta access at http://505.games/GrowBeta. Wishlist Grow on Steam to contribute to 505 Games’ and Prideful Sloth’s initiative to plant trees with their partners at #TeamTrees and the Arbor Day Foundation. Each milestone passed results in the planting of more trees, and certain milestones even unlock launch discounts.

“We loved instilling a sense of peace in our players with Yonder, and we want to continue that feeling with Grow,” said Cheryl Vance, Game Designer at Prideful Sloth. “We wanted Alaria to be a place where the player feels welcomed. That the worlds they grow, and the towns they build, are unique and personal to them. That it becomes their own home away from home.”

Grow: Song of the Evertree launches on PC Via Steam, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on November 16, 2021, for $24.99/€24.99/£19.99. A physical Nintendo Switch edition will be available in retail stores for $29.99/€29.99/£24.99 in February 2022.

For more information on Grow: Song of the Evertree please check out the official Steam page, follow the game on Twitter @GrowEvertree, join the Grow Discord channel, and use #GrowEvertreeGame on social media.

About 505 Games

505 Games, a Digital Bros’ subsidiary, is a global publisher focused on offering a broad selection of video games for players of all ages and skill levels. The company publishes and distributes premium and free-to-play games on console and PC platforms as well as mobile devices.

Publishing highlights include DEATH STRANDING (PC), Control, Assetto Corsa Competizione, Ghostrunner, Gems of War, Journey to the Savage Planet, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, and Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons.

505 Games has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, China, and Japan. For more information on 505 Games and its products please visit 505games.com.

About Prideful Sloth

Prideful Sloth was founded in Australia in 2015 by Joel Styles, Cheryl Vance, and John Northwood as an independent and quality-driven game development studio with a micro-AAA approach to game development. The team focuses on detailed worldbuilding and player-driven narrative experiences. The award-winning team is experienced and production-proven, crafting games that capture players with artistic excellence, charm, and whimsy.

In 2017 they released their first, and flagship title, Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles. An open-world adventure across a beautiful, vibrant island, available on PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One.

For more information about Prideful Sloth, please visit Pridefulsloth.com.

Putt your skills to the test and swing your way out of Golf Purgatory in 2022

Golfenburg, Sweden – August 30th, 2021 – Thunderful Publishing & independent developer Chuhai Labs are excited to announce Cursed to Golf, a roguelike golf adventure that tasks the player with ridding themselves of an ancient curse and making it out of Golf Purgatory to become a Golfing Legend. With its beau-tee-ful pixel art, hole-some story and innovative gameplay, Cursed to Golf is a real hole-in-one. Launching in 2022 for PC and Nintendo Switch, check out the brand new reveal trailer for Cursed to Golf:

You play as The Cursed Golfer, trapped in Golf Purgatory after a lightning strike stops you in your tracks just as you are going to take the winning putt in an acclaimed golf tournament! Unfortunately there are no mulligans in life, so to lift the curse and ascend back to the land of the living, you’ll need to play through the 18 dungeon-like holes Golf Purgatory, a feat only possible for a true Golfing Legend. Divided into 4 distinct biomes, each area of the course is governed by a ghostly Legendary Caddie, who will aid you on your quest for redemption and revival. Are you up to par with the mythical challenges of Golf Purgatory…? Will you ever be able to reclaim your corporeal form…? Will you be crowned a Golfing Legend…? Or will you forever be… Cursed to Golf!?

Cursed to Golf offers a fresh take on the golfing and roguelike subgenres. Played like a golfinated turn-based 2D side scrolling puzzle platformer, attempt to survive each hole by reaching the flag within the PAR Count; a designated amount of swings you have to reach the end. If the PAR Count reaches zero you’ll get sucked through a purgatorial vortex back to the beginning of the course. While classic golf obstacles like the water hazards and bunkers will make an appearance, you’ll also come across high powered fans, spikes, vines, TNT boxes, teleporters and a whole load more variables that can be a help or a hindrance on your way to the hole. It’s all par for the course in this twisted take on the classic game!

With all those devious traps and pitfalls you’ll definitely need a helping hand. Use Birdie-Eye to catch a view of the Hole and see what trials lie ahead. PAR Count running low? Luckily,  gold and silver Shot Idols are peppered throughout the holes, smashing through them with a cinematic flourish will replenish your shots. Every pro player also has an ace up their sleeve, and in this game you have a whole deck! Ace Cards will turn the odds back in your favour, offering you otherworldly powers to manipulate the game in incredible ways. Rewind time with a Mulligan, shoot a triple ball Scattershot, slow down time and redirect the ball with a U-Turn or control the ball in mid-air at high speed with a Rocketball. With over 20 Ace Cards in your arsenal, look forward to some un-fore-gettable gameplay moments. 

Cursed to Golf offers players a new experience every time they step out onto the course. Offering the surprise of a roguelike challenge and the precision of traditional handmade level design. Chuhai Labs have created over 80+ holes of unique and varying challenge, that are randomly-ordered to make up a new challenging course every time you jump in.

“It’s incredible to finally reveal Cursed to Golf to the world. I got so much feedback and support from the original concept on itch.io that I wanted to go all out and create the ultimate version of that initial idea,” said Liam Edwards, Game Director at Chuhai Labs. “I can’t wait to see how people react to the game when it’s in their hands. I can confidently say that it’s the best roguelike golf adventure set in Golf Purgatory that you’ll play in 2022 — by par!”

Wishlist Cursed to Golf on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1726120/Cursed_to_Golf/

Cursed to Golf will launch in 2022 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Steam).

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About Thunderful Publishing
Thunderful Publishing is a games publishing company, founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2017. Part of the Thunderful Group, which also includes development studios Zoink Games and Image & Form, and publisher Rising Star Games, Thunderful Publishing focuses on premium PC and console games for a worldwide audience and is the publisher behind award-winning games such as Steamworld Quest: Hand of Gilgamesh, Lonely Mountains: Downhill and Curious Expedition 2.

About Chuhai Labs
Chuhai Labs is a Kyoto, Japan indie game studio. Founded in 2020, this international team of industry pros and rising stars are dedicated to making the most fun out of every moment. Precision controls, memorable characters, banging soundtracks, and witty catch phrases galore are just some of the tricks up their sleeves. As demonstrated in their most recent release, Carve Snowboarding for Oculus Quest.

Courts have ruled, Chuhai Labs makes Legally The Best Games.